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I have started this page so that Wikipedians can discuss how to improve and expand this article. I have also brought various headers to the page, copied from Talk:War in Afghanistan (2001–present). While I have tried to delete material that doesn't fit here, I may have not done a perfect job, so feel free to review and edit my work.

As more information comes to light regarding this brand new topic, I expect this article to become a rather hot issue. Let's stay calm and focused, edit only with facts that meet WP:RS requirements, and make this article a model example of Wikipedians working together to provide reliable information. Remember that as people use Google and other search engines to find out more on this topic, this article will be coming up very high on the list, so again, let's all put our best foot forward.

Please remember that this page is for discussing how to improve the main article, NOT our individual views on the subject. Again, this is not the place to blog. Thanks everyone.

My thoughts on expansing the article.

I think we should either wait for the media to report more and then add info, stating "according to so and so media, the task force does this and that."

Can we site the stuff in the wikileaks article (like saying, "according to this document, the group does this and that") or is that original research. I suppose the wikileaks stuff is a primary source, although just about anything is a primary source depending on waht you are studying. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.210.222.2 (talk) 23:16, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The German Politics seems to know a little longer http://dipbt.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/16/141/1614125.pdf (German) ... it is from 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.43.162.54 (talk) 06:38, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

1. Task Force 373 was discussed in a Baltimore Reporter article in MAR07 "Elite terrorist hunters in Iraq, with quotes from "military sources" which normally means DOD press briefings. the article specifically discusses the value of black ops and references a west point study. Wikileaks did not "reveal" this information. There are images of the TF on DOD websites 2. In the immediate aftermath of 911 there was widespread communication from the USG, DOD (e.g Rumsfeld) in the value of using special forces to pursue high value targets (Find, Fix, Track, Target, Engage, Evaluate). Wikileaks did not reveal this policy. The use of special forces to pursue specific targets was a direct result of the perceived floored logic of firing "$5 million dollar tomahawk missiles at caves" - something Clinton tried to during his Presidency and which subsequent policy makers sought to address using "SPECIAL OPS" 3. The lack of publicity about TF 373 or these types of operations reflects a lack of public interest in a war that they are disconnected to 4. I think a better approach would be to explain what they are, why they have been used, how they operate and then highlight that the wikileaks warlog revealed a greater clarity about the activities of this group (i.e. I "kill list" with thousands of targets, and apparently thousands of missions) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.17.26.214 (talk) 17:58, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]